docking day

[Des Jenkins]

HI Les
I do not want to rock the boat at this late stage, they where emphatic that I wasn't entitled to a British part pension as i hadn't paid in enough before I left. My only winge is that they should have paid me what I had paid in and left it at that, or even the 76 quid they took of me when I left. But thatis all in the past we are happy with what we recieve here in Aus.
Cheers Des

[happy daze john in oz]

Our financial guy set our super up in such a manner we are not 'asset liable'.
We get about b$400 each per month from UK and it is that amount that stuffs up the state pension, we only get about 97% of it.
Quarterly letter from the missing link to explain exchange rates.

Des, moat people do not understand why immigration is so high just now.
During the pandemic the borders were closed but countries such as Uk, India and others continued to issue visas for immigration.
They are valid for two years and by the time borders were opened again many had expired but our gov allowed a further two year extension.
This was the reason for so many over the last couple of years, numbers should now go back to normal.


For a while I worked in the offices in London of Inland Revenue, for a company of contract caterers.
It is little wonder the tax man wants so much when I recall how the place operated.
Three persons to each position, the person , their understudy and the junior.

[j.sabourn]

A similar story when I reached 65 the NHI gave me the option of paying two stamps I was short of , I had been paying self employed stamps for a number of years so had no means of checking the authenticity of their statement, however if I gave them between 3 and 4 thousand pounds they would Increase my pension by about 30 Bob a week. Which to me instead of getting 70 pounds today I would get 71 pounds 50 pence a week today, weighing the odds I said no thank you, think I’m still ahead on the big gamble. I think you had to be a paid up. Member for 38 years at the time to receive the full pension which was peanuts at the time and believe is still one of the lowest in Europe ? JS

[Des Jenkins]

Hi John
Going on what I see on TV only it seems to me that Britain is in financial strife ,so how come that Kiers Kier is big noting himself as the leader of the band and putting up sending Billions to the Ukraine, at a time apparently that the NHS is in difficulty.. Maybe that is why as Johnny said, they are putting up the cost of watching TV.
Des

[j.sabourn]

The television media is the biggest propaganda machine available today for those inclined to use it as such . People today don’t seem to have minds of their own. All info. From such being taken as Gospel. Have just filled in our postal votes now have to look for a witness , who,would be surprised if he saw the six votes by law which
is the mininum one has to have , but as said once before don’t vote for a party but a persons intelligence so six is more than ample., JS

[happy daze john in oz]

Intelligence is not a prerequisite for a politician, unlike some in industry where an understanding of the position is required even before you apply.
That is one of the problems with democracy, any idiot, just look to USA, can apply.

Skipper of a ship has to have qualifications to reach that position, he has the responsibility of the ship and crew, as well as the shipping company.

For a poli all he is responsible is top his or her party, and if all goes wrong, which it does most times, they blame it on them previous lot.

Voted today in our feral erection, lower house paper small, senate one, one meter long!!!!!!!!!!!

Barraged by the spriukers handing out how to vote cards for the various sects, tole the 'Green one' they were poison, not happy was she.

But to confuse matters they had two different regions at the same poling place, wonder how many got mixed up with theM?

[j.sabourn]

What does the M stand for ? My immediate thought was the Mean Green Fighting machine. I wonder if NZ has similar high intelligence voting techniques like Australia and if they do tend to read six as sex , and how many of the persons standing guard on the boxes get asked where do they put their thingy majig.,? JS

[Les Woodard]

J.S I have done postal voting for years now. When the sheriff was alive we used to witness each others forms and this time the son did it for me. Got confirmation that my vote has been formal so might pay to just witness each others forms mate. As for politicians it was widely known that politicians was the highest paid unskilled worker ever.

[Doc Vernon]

Les mate
You must live far from the nearest Polling Booth!
Or have you other good reason!
LOL
cHEERS

[Des Jenkins]

Hi John S
My wife got a postal vote, I witnessed it for her, I went up to vote, The woman asked me if I had a reason to vote early, I said yes, I might be dead by the time the official day comes, she said Oh Alright then.
I voted for the girl who has been in here for two terms she has done a brilliant job, got all the roads in Cooma sealed, and for some reason did it twice, When we came down here to live 17 years ago it was a bit backward, but she has improved so much.
Cheers Des.
Vernon
One doesn't have to be in a wheelchair to get a postal vote, if you are a pensioner you can just apply.
Cheers Des